Wayne Primeau
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = WaynePrimeau1.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Primeau with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2009
| played_for = Buffalo Sabres
Tampa Bay Lightning
Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
Calgary Flames
Toronto Maple Leafs
| league = NHL
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 230
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|4}}
| birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 17th overall
| draft_year = 1994
| draft_team = Buffalo Sabres
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2010
}}
Wayne Michael Primeau (born June 4, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the younger brother of Keith Primeau.
Playing career
Primeau was a first round draft pick of the Owen Sound Platers in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and played with the Platers for three years from 1992 to 1995.
He was drafted 17th overall in 1994 by the Buffalo Sabres, where he scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2000 and was then traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on February 1, 2001.
Primeau was acquired by the San Jose Sharks from the Penguins in exchange for Matt Bradley on March 11, 2003. After a career year in 2003–04, Primeau was eligible for group IV unrestricted free agency. However, he decided to re-sign with the Sharks.
Primeau was traded to the Boston Bruins on November 30, 2005, (along with Brad Stuart and Marco Sturm) in exchange for Joe Thornton. In February 2007, the Bruins traded him to the Calgary Flames (again along with Brad Stuart) in exchange for Chuck Kobasew and Andrew Ference.
On July 27, 2009, Primeau was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs (along with a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft) in exchange for forward Colin Stuart, defenceman Anton Strålman and a seventh-round pick in 2012.
Prior to the start of the Maple Leafs' 2010 training camp, Primeau was signed to a professional tryout contract with the Leafs.{{cite web| url = http://blogs.bettor.com/Wayne-Primeau-joins-Toronto-Maple-Leafs-on-a-tryout-contract-a28179 | title = Wayne Primeau joins Toronto Maple Leafs on a try-out | publisher = bettor.blog.com | date = 2010-09-19 | access-date = 2010-09-19}} He was released at the conclusion of training camp on September 26.
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 1992–93
| OHL | 66 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 110 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1993–94 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 65 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1994–95
| Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 34 | 62 | 96 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 15 |
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| 1994–95 | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 28 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | Oshawa Generals | OHL | 24 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 1995–96
| AHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
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| 1995–96 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 24 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996–97 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997–98
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 69 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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| 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 1999–2000
| Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 41 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1999–2000 | NHL | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| Tampa Bay Lightning | NHL | 47 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2000–01 | NHL | 28 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2001–02
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 33 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002–03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 70 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03
| NHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 72 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 90 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005–06
| San Jose Sharks | NHL | 21 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2005–06 | NHL | 50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006–07
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 51 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2006–07 | NHL | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2007–08
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 43 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2008–09 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009–10
| NHL | 59 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 774 ! 69 ! 125 ! 194 ! 789 ! 90 ! 7 ! 14 ! 21 ! 42 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=10951}}
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